15 Best Games of 2020 So Far

#12. GEARS TACTICS

When you think of Gears of War, you think of big, burly soldiers taking cover behind waist-high walls for some good old stop-and-pop over-the-shoulder shooting- you definitely don’t think of turn based strategy. Gears Tactics somehow manages to take that Gears formula and apply it with great success to the XCOM template. It succeeds as both, a Gears game and a tactics game. It tells an enjoyable story, it boasts great map design, and with its extensive customization mechanics, it delivers a more engaging gameplay loop than you’d be used to in a Gears game. We can safely say that this turn-based tactics outing has been a very successful experiment for Microsoft’s cover shooting franchise.